First and foremost, we're going to expose young people to minority stress. From the get-go, you're being told you don't matter and you're being erased, which is directly correlated to mental health distress and suicide.
On top of that, the number of requests we have from the teachers has increased tenfold, because teachers no longer feel confident to support LGBTQ students. They're more worried about getting in trouble than the well-being of their students, and not all teachers by any means, but they're asking for outside support. We've been working for over 10 years to get to an amazing place with the school board, and I just feel as though it's a big step back.